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Private representation for buyers of significant property. Listed and off-market access, from first brief through closing, with a single point of contact.
Buyer Situations
Buyers come to us for different reasons. The representation is built around the reason, the timeline, and the level of discretion each situation requires.
Moving from the Northeast, California, or Illinois for tax, climate, or family reasons. Florida due diligence is different from what you are used to: insurance, flood zones, wind codes, and homestead mechanics. We walk through each before your first showing and coordinate timing with the sale of the property you are leaving.
Adding Palm Beach as a seasonal residence while keeping your primary elsewhere. The criteria are different from a primary purchase: lock-and-leave, low-maintenance, flood zone profile, and timing that works with the rest of your calendar.
Selling a current residence and buying another in the same market, often moving from a condo to a single-family home or from one community to another. The sale and the purchase are connected, and the timing has to work on both sides. We handle both ends or coordinate closely with whoever is managing the sale.
Ownership through an LLC, irrevocable trust, or family office entity for privacy, estate, or liability reasons. We coordinate structure and documentation with your attorney and the title company from the first offer through closing.
Cross-border purchases have their own mechanics: FIRPTA considerations on resale, wire timing across jurisdictions, entity structure, and document translation when required. We work directly with your home-country counsel and accountant.
Buying into a development before completion, often with a deposit structure and closing timeline that spans several years. The developer's sales team represents the seller. We review offering documents, assess the developer's track record, and negotiate contract terms, deposit structure, and upgrade pricing on your behalf.
The Buy-Side Process
Every search we run follows the same discipline. We build a Private Collection for each client: a single secure workspace that holds listed inventory, private exclusives, and off-market leads alongside the analytical work we do on each property. Nothing is presented without context. Collaborators (spouse, family office, design advisor) review and comment in one place rather than across scattered emails. When you are ready to move, the work is already done and the picture is complete.
First-look access to Compass Private Exclusives and select off-market opportunities before they reach the MLS or public portals. Properties that are invisible to buyers working outside the Compass network.
Every short-listed property receives a detailed assessment: the story behind the listing, relevant comps, velocity indicators, flood zone and insurance realities, and the risks that matter most. When the right property appears, you act on context, not assumption.
Insurance review, contractor walk-throughs, and vendor introductions happen before you make an offer. We preview every property in person and conduct live virtual viewings on your schedule, in your time zone.
We build offer strategy from comparable data, showing engagement patterns, and time-on-market trends. When you say go, we execute: structured to protect your position and close on your terms.
A focused set of properties that fit your brief. We filter on fundamentals: location quality, land-to-improvement ratio, insurance profile, and resale trajectory. Properties that fail any of these tests do not enter your Collection.
Acquisitions involve teams. Your Collection keeps you, your family office, and your advisors aligned in one environment with shared notes, commentary, and full visibility.
Coverage
We advise buyers across the full breadth of Palm Beach County’s luxury market, from the historic island estates of Palm Beach to the waterfront enclaves of Jupiter and Jupiter Island.
Estate Section, North End, Mid-Town, and In-Town. Oceanfront compounds, Intracoastal estates, and Worth Avenue condominiums.
Explore Palm Beach →One of America's wealthiest communities. Direct oceanfront and Intracoastal estates on deep lots, with strict limits on commercial development and a deliberately quiet residential character.
Explore Jupiter Island →Waterfront estates along the Loxahatchee, Intracoastal corridors, and the golf communities of Admirals Cove, Bears Club, and Jupiter Hills.
Explore Jupiter →South Flagler waterfront, El Cid, Prospect Park, and new luxury developments including South Flagler House, The Berkeley, and Olara.
Explore West Palm Beach →Old Palm, Frenchman's Reserve, and other established golf communities. Family-oriented with top-rated schools and convenient access to PBI airport.
Explore PBG →Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club, the Estates at Boca West, and oceanfront enclaves. A mature luxury market with strong year-round appeal.
Explore Boca Raton →The Process
Patience and precision. We track the listed and private markets in parallel, preparing quietly until value, fit, and timing align.
Tell us about the move you are considering. Not just the specifications, but what is driving it: the family considerations, the financial picture, how you want to live. The brief that produces the best outcome is rarely identical to the one we start with, and the conversation that shapes it is the most important part of the process.
Within the same day, your Private Collection populates with a short list of properties that survive our filters. Each one carries an analytical memo. The Collection includes private exclusives and off-market leads sourced directly from our agent network across Palm Beach County.
We preview every property in person before your visit. You arrive briefed on what no listing sheet provides: neighborhood dynamics, association character, flood zone and insurance realities, renovation scope, and how the property has performed relative to its micro-market. Remote buyers get the same depth through live virtual walk-throughs, scheduled in their time zone.
When you are ready to move, we execute. Every offer is anchored to comparable data, engagement metrics, and timing. Before you go under contract, we coordinate insurance review, contractor estimates, and title work so you understand the real carrying cost. Our job is to make sure you never learn something after closing that you should have known before.
Advisor Coordination
Most of our clients have existing advisory teams. A purchase of this scale carries tax, estate, entity, and insurance implications that extend well beyond the closing table. We coordinate directly rather than ask you to translate.
Contract review, title, entity structure, and any trust or estate matters specific to your purchase. We work with your attorney directly. If you need Florida counsel, we can recommend attorneys experienced in Palm Beach residential transactions.
Florida Homestead mechanics, the year-two reassessment, and any tax-timing implications around your closing. We coordinate with your CPA so the purchase reflects what they are planning, not the other way around.
Wire coordination, entity structure, reporting requirements, and integration with your broader balance sheet. We provide the documentation your family office needs, in the format they already use.
Purchases held inside a trust require specific documentation, approvals, and timing. We work inside the existing structure, not around it.
Wind, flood, and hazard coverage in coastal Florida is the variable that most often surprises buyers. We work with your broker or bring in specialized carriers to confirm availability and annual cost before you go under contract.
If the purchase is part of a broader portfolio decision (redeploying proceeds, releasing capital, or rebalancing), we coordinate with your investment team so capital moves on the schedule your broader plan requires.
Market Perspective
Palm Beach County’s luxury market is bifurcated. Correctly priced properties in prime locations, particularly waterfront and island inventory, continue to trade quickly and often privately. Overpriced listings are stalling, and the gap between ask and close is widening in certain micro-markets. For buyers, this creates a specific kind of opportunity: the negotiation window is wider than it has been in several years, but only on properties where the seller’s expectations have not yet adjusted. Identifying which category a listing falls into, and building a case to act on it, is the core of what we do on the buy side.
Insurance costs have reshaped the math. A property’s annual carrying cost, including wind, flood, and hazard premiums, now rivals or exceeds its property tax bill in many coastal locations. We model this into every evaluation so your purchase decision reflects the real number, not just the closing price.
Relocation Support
Each relocation is built around how your family lives and how the move changes your financial picture.
We handle the logistics so you can focus on the decision.
Common Questions
Florida law now requires a written buyer representation agreement before an agent shows properties. The agreement specifies services and compensation structure. In most Palm Beach County luxury transactions, the seller still offers buyer-agent compensation as part of the listing terms, but this is no longer guaranteed. We walk through the structure and your obligations before any agreement is signed. If a specific property does not offer compensation, we present your options and negotiate on your behalf.
A Private Collection is a secure workspace where we consolidate your entire search. Listed inventory, private exclusives, and off-market leads live in one place, each with an analytical memo attached. You invite whoever needs visibility (spouse, family office, attorney, designer) to review and comment directly. It replaces the scattered email chains and PDF attachments that slow most luxury searches down. Learn more about Compass Private Exclusives.
Three channels. Compass Private Exclusives are properties marketed within the Compass network before appearing on the MLS or public portals. Our direct relationships with listing agents across the county give us visibility into pocket listings and pre-market opportunities before wider distribution. And when a specific property, street, or community fits your brief, we contact owners directly on your behalf. All three channels feed into your Collection.
The story behind the listing: why it is on the market, how long, and any price adjustments. Comparable sales within the micro-market. Velocity indicators showing how quickly similar properties are trading. Flood zone classification and insurance considerations. And our assessment of where negotiation leverage exists. You get the full picture before investing time in a showing.
Insurance is the single most important variable in coastal Florida real estate right now, and it should be evaluated before you make an offer. Waterfront and barrier island properties typically require separate policies for wind, flood, and standard hazard coverage. Premiums vary dramatically by flood zone, construction type, roof age, and elevation. We build insurance review into our standard process: before you go under contract, we connect you with specialized carriers to confirm availability, coverage limits, and estimated annual cost. Read our full analysis of waterfront risk factors.
Florida has no state income tax, which is the primary financial driver for most relocations from the Northeast, California, and Illinois. Property taxes typically range from 1.5% to 2.2% of assessed value depending on the municipality. The Homestead Exemption reduces taxable value by up to $50,000 and, more importantly, caps annual assessment increases at 3% through the Save Our Homes provision. To qualify, you file for Homestead by March 1 for the current tax year, and the property must be your primary residence as of January 1.
One detail that surprises many buyers: on a new luxury purchase, the property is reassessed at full market value. In year one, the seller’s pro-rated tax bill is typically based on a lower assessed value built up under their own Homestead cap. In year two, your tax bill reflects the new assessment, which often means a meaningful increase. We coordinate with your tax advisor to model this so the timeline and carrying cost are clear before you close.
Many of our clients purchase through LLCs, trusts, or family office entities to keep their names out of public records. We structure the process accordingly from the first conversation: confidentiality agreements where necessary to shield your identity, entity-level offers, and coordination with your attorney on title and vesting. Florida is a full-disclosure state for real estate transactions, but proper entity structuring provides meaningful insulation. Information shared with the seller’s side is limited to what the transaction requires.
Yes. We represent buyers in pre-construction transactions across Palm Beach County, including projects in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, and Boca Raton. The developer’s on-site sales team represents the seller, not you. Without independent representation, you negotiate contract terms, deposit structure, upgrade pricing, and closing timelines without an advocate. We review offering documents, assess the developer’s track record, and negotiate on your behalf.
Palm Beach County spans multiple FEMA flood zones, and a property’s designation directly affects insurance requirements, premiums, and long-term risk. AE zones (most barrier island and waterfront parcels) require federal flood insurance. X zones may not, though private flood coverage is still advisable. Beyond the FEMA map, we evaluate elevation certificates, historical storm exposure, seawall condition, and drainage infrastructure. Our waterfront risk analysis covers these factors in depth.
From accepted offer to closing, expect 30 to 60 days for cash transactions and 45 to 75 days with financing. The search depends on your criteria and the cycle. Season (November through April) brings peak inventory and peak competition. The off-season often presents opportunities with more flexible sellers. The strongest properties at correct pricing trade quickly, often within weeks or through private channels. We keep your Collection active and monitor continuously until the right property surfaces, whether that takes days or months.
Four inputs. Recent comparable sales in the micro-market. Velocity: how quickly similar properties are trading and in which direction. The property’s full carrying cost profile, including taxes, insurance, association fees, and maintenance. And land-to-improvement ratio, which tells you how much of the value sits in the land versus the structure. A property where the structure is aging but the land carries strong residual value presents a very different proposition than turnkey new construction at the same headline price. The memo that accompanies each property in your Collection reflects this analysis.
Begin Here
Share your brief and we will build your Collection. You decide from there.